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The Goldblog guide to what to watch for on #election2019 night
Leave a commentDecember 12, 2019 by Paul Goldsmith
If, like me, you are staying up for election night, it might be useful to know what you are looking …
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Is it time for Theresa May to call the DUP’s bluff on Brexit?
2December 5, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
In 1968, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned the trade unions that if they didn’t accept his relatively modest changes …
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The Conservative/DUP deal brings benefits that Northern Ireland needs
Leave a commentJune 27, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
As soon as the Conservative-DUP deal was announced yesterday morning the pre-prepared press statements were being fired off by all …
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Why Theresa May had little choice but to deal with the DUP
Leave a commentJune 12, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
There’s been a lot of hot air expressed since the election about the Conservatives’ tie up with the Democratic Unionist …
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#GE2017 chaos: What happens now?
Leave a commentJune 9, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
This is the third hung Parliament since 1945. It is also the third failed call of a surprise snap election …
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Change in popular votes but not seats in Northern Ireland?
Leave a commentMay 1, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Northern Ireland have had their political earthquake already. The FPTP election system used in this General Election means there is …
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Why the DUP manifesto may matter this time more than ever before
Leave a commentApril 26, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Just when you might have thought that every party from the countries outside England would make their manifesto a shopping …
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Why it makes sense not to include the DUP in the TV Debates
Leave a commentFebruary 4, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It is not hard to see validity in the DUP’s claims for a place in the Party leader debates in …
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The development of a ‘Left-Wing bloc’ could spell curtains for Cameron
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It must be lonely being David Cameron these days. As the furore over the TV debates show, we are developing …
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Northern Ireland 3 – Will DUP be the Kingmakers?
3December 31, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
It may be possible that a man who lost his seat at Westminster in 2010 could decide who will be …
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Northern Ireland 2 – The most important constitutencies
Leave a commentDecember 30, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The best way to predict what will happen in Northern Ireland’s 18 constituencies in the 2015 General election is to …
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Northern Ireland 1 – why FPTP really doesn’t work there
Leave a commentDecember 29, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Given that the aims of an election system (how votes are translated into seats), include a range of opinions and …
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The prospect of Labour winning has Conservatives starting to build up funds for a quick second election
Leave a commentDecember 28, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Some interesting gossip emanating from Conservative HQ is that they have started to solicit donations to fund a second election …
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